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Motorcyclist Killed In West Street Hit-And-Run
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 20, 2010
Modified Sep 20, 2010
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A 27-year-old man riding a motorcycle on West Street was killed by a driver yesterday afternoon. According to the NY Post, "A maroon Nissan driven by Naisha Sutten, 25, of the Bronx, going east on Canal Street, clipped the victim's 2009 Ducati, heading north on West Street, at 5:10 p.m.., cops said."
A witness told the Post, "I saw the bike was in three pieces. It was pretty smashed." The victim, who was not identified and lived in Manhattan, died at Beth Israel Hospital.
Sutten allegedly fled the scene, but surrendered at the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn a few hours later. WCBS 2 says that she was charged with driving without a license, "leaving the scene of an accident and making an improper left turn."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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